Browsing by Author "Lay, Siugmin"

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    Culture and the Distinctiveness Motive: Constructing Identity in Individualistic and Collectivistic Contexts
    (AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC, 2012) Becker, Maja; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Owe, Ellinor; Brown, Rupert; Smith, Peter B.; Easterbrook, Matt; Herman, Ginette; de Sauvage, Isabelle; Bourguignon, David; Tones, Ana; Camino, Leoncio; Silveira Lemos, Flavia Cristina; Cristina Ferreira, M.; Koller, Silvia H.; Gonzalez, Roberto; Carrasco, Diego; Paz Cadena, Maria; Lay, Siugmin; Wang, Qian; Bond, Michael Harris; Vargas Trujillo, Elvia; Balanta, Paola; Valk, Aune; Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu; Nizharadze, George; Fueloep, Marta; Regalia, Camillo; Manzi, Claudia; Brambilla, Maria; Harb, Charles; Aldhafri, Said; Martin, Mariana; Macapagal, Ma Elizabeth J.; Chybicka, Aneta; Gavreliuc, Alin; Buitendach, Johanna; Schweiger Gallo, Inge; Ozgen, Emre; Guner, Ulku E.; Yamakoglu, Nil
    The motive to attain a distinctive identity is sometimes thought to be stronger in, or even specific to, those socialized into individualistic cultures. Using data from 4,751 participants in 21 cultural groups (18 nations and 3 regions), we tested this prediction against our alternative view that culture would moderate the ways in which people achieve feelings of distinctiveness, rather than influence the strength of their motivation to do so. We measured the distinctiveness motive using an indirect technique to avoid cultural response biases. Analyses showed that the distinctiveness motive was not weaker and, if anything, was stronger-in more collectivistic nations. However, individualism collectivism was found to moderate the ways in which feelings of distinctiveness were constructed: Distinctiveness was associated more closely with difference and separateness in more individualistic cultures and was associated more closely with social position in more collectivistic cultures. Multilevel analysis confirmed that it is the prevailing beliefs and values in an individual's context, rather than the individual's own beliefs and values, that account for these differences.
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    Influence of Direct and Extended Contact on the Development of Acculturation Preferences Among Majority Members
    (2017) Álvarez Werth, Belén; Valdenegro, Daniel; Bernardino, Michelle; Lay, Siugmin; Hässler, Tabea; Rocha Santa María, Carolina
    This longitudinal research, combining the theoretical traditions of contact and acculturation, provides evidence that indirect contact leads to changes in perceived ingroup norms, which should positively affect acculturation preferences over time in the majority group.
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    Is an Emphasis on Dignity, Honor and Face more an Attribute of Individuals or of Cultural Groups?
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2020) Smith, Peter B.; Easterbrook, Matthew J.; Koc, Yasin; Lun, Vivian Miu Chi; Papastylianou, Dona; Grigoryan, Lusine; Torres, Claudio; Efremova, Maria; Hassan, Bushra; Abbas, Ammar; Ahmad, Abd Halim; al Bayati, Ahmed; Selim, Heyla A.; Anderson, Joel; Cross, Susan E.; Delfino, Gisela Isabel; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Gavreliuc, Alin; Gavreliuc, Dana; Gul, Pelin; Gunsoy, Ceren; Hakobjanyan, Anna; Lay, Siugmin; Lopukhova, Olga; Hu, Ping; Sunar, Diane; Texeira, Maria Luisa Mendes; Tripodi, Doriana; Diaz Rivera, Paola Eunice; van Osch, Yvette; Yuki, Masaki; Ogusu, Natsuki; Kwantes, Catherine T.; Diaz Loving, Rolando; Perez Floriano, Lorena; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
    This study compares the individual-level and sample-level predictive utility of a measure of the cultural logics of dignity, honor, and face. University students in 29 samples from 24 nations used a simple measure to rate their perceptions of the interpersonal cultural logic characterizing their local culture. The nomological net of these measures was then explored. Key dependent measures included three different facets of independent versus interdependent self-construal, relevant attitudes and values, reported handling of actual interpersonal conflicts, and responses to normative settings. Multilevel analyses revealed both individual- and sample-level effects but the dignity measure showed more individual-level effects, whereas sample-level effects were relatively more important with the face measure. The implications of this contrast are discussed.
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    R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to mixing: Testing novel emotional mediators of intergroup contact effects
    (2024) Acar, Berfin; Van Assche, Jasper; Velarde, Sofia Ardaya; Gonzalez, Roberto; Lay, Siugmin; Rao, Sumedh; McKeown, Shelley
    Although numerous studies have documented the robust effect of positive intergroup contact experiences in reducing prejudice and improving positive attitudes towards outgroups, intergroup contact theory is still expanding and developing. In contribution to this expansion, the current studies tackled four caveats extending the literature on widely studied angles of intergroup contact and bringing in the contribution of novel emotional mediators in contact effects. First, we examined whether contact experiences also related to social change indicators beyond prejudice, namely, attitudes towards personal and general mixing. Secondly, we included both positive and negative forms of intergroup contact in the majority of the studies we report. Thirdly, we introduced outgroup respect and understanding as novel emotional mediators of contact effects. Finally, we investigated variations of our hypothesized path models in several intergroup contexts across 6 countries and 21 studies (total N = 12,859), a) looking at interethnic and interreligious contact among advantaged and disadvantaged groups, b) tackling different forms of contact such extended contact, close friendships, and secondary transfer effects, and c) testing for longitudinal effects. We have shown evidence that positive experiences with outgroups are positively related to pro-mixing attitudes, via increased levels of outgroup respect and also outgroup understanding, the latter being observed in inter/ethnoreligious contexts. We discuss these findings in light of other recent advancements within the larger framework of intergroup contact research.
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    REPLY TO KOMATSU ET AL.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts?
    (NATL ACAD SCIENCES, 2022) Van Doesum, Niels J.; Murphy, Ryan O.; Gallucci, Marcello; Aharonov Majar, Efrat; Athenstaedt, Ursula; Au, Wing Tung; Bai, Liying; Bohm, Robert; Bovina, Inna; Buchan, Nancy R.; Chen, Xiao Ping; Dumont, Kitty B.; Engelmann, Jan B.; Eriksson, Kimmo; Euh, Hyun; Fiedler, Susann; Friesen, Justin; Gachter, Simon; Garcia, Camilo; Gonzalez, Roberto; Graf, Sylvie; Growiec, Katarzyna; Guimond, Serge; Hrebickova, Martina; Immer Bernold, Elizabeth; Joireman, Jeff; Karagonlar, Gokhan; Kawakami, Kerry; Kiyonari, Toko; Kou, Yu; Kyrtsis, Alexandros Andreas; Lay, Siugmin; Leonardelli, Geoffrey J.; Li, Norman P.; Li, Yang; Maciejovsky, Boris; Manesi, Zoi; Mashuri, Ali; Mok, Aurelia; Moser, Karin S.; Motak, Ladislav; Netedu, Adrian; Platow, Michael J.; Raczka Winkler, Karolina; Folmer, Christopher P. Reinders; Reyna, Cecilia; Romano, Angelo; Shalvi, Shaul; Simao, Claudia; Stivers, Adam W.; Strimling, Pontus; Tsirbas, Yannis; Utz, Sonja; van der Meij, Leander; Waldzus, Sven; Wang, Yiwen; Weber, Bernd; Weisel, Ori; Wildschut, Tim; Winter, Fabian; Wu, Junhui; Yong, Jose C.; Van Lange, Paul A. M.
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    The Social Cure Properties of Groups Across Cultures: Groups Provide More Support but Have Stronger Norms and Are Less Curative in Relationally Immobile Societies
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2024) Easterbrook, Matthew J.; Grigoryan, Lusine; Smith, Peter B.; Koc, Yasin; Lun, Vivian Miu Chi; Papastylianou, Dona; Torres, Claudio; Efremova, Maria; Hassan, Bushra; Abbas, Ammar; al-Selim, Heyla; Anderson, Joel; Cross, Susan E.; Delfino, Gisela Isabel; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Gavreliuc, Alin; Gavreliuc, Dana; Gul, Pelin; Gunsoy, Ceren; Hakobjanyan, Anna; Lay, Siugmin; Lopukhova, Olga; Hu, Ping; Sunar, Diane; Mendes Texeira, Maria Luisa; Tripodi, Doriana; Rivera, Paola Eunice Diaz; Yuki, Masaki; Ogusu, Natsuki; Kwantes, Catherine T.; Diaz-Loving, Rolando; Perez Floriano, Lorena; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit
    We investigate whether the social cure properties of groups vary across cultures, testing hypotheses that the associations between multiple group memberships (MGM) and depressive symptoms will (a) be mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures, and (b) vary systematically with sample-level relational mobility. Analyses of data from a survey (N = 5,174) conducted within k = 29 samples show that MGM is negatively associated with depressive symptoms, an association fully mediated by social support and uncomfortable normative pressures. In line with our theorizing, in samples with higher levels of relational mobility constraints, the association between MGM and depressive symptoms is weaker, the associations between MGM and social support and between MGM and normative pressures are stronger, and the association between social support and depressive symptoms weaker. The indirect link between MGM and depressive symptoms via social support is significant at both low and high levels of relational mobility constraints.